Robert Holtaway served as Mayor of Bedminster Township for 8 years and was a member of the Bedminster Township Planning Board for 15 years and chairman for 7 years. He also served on the Somerset County Economic Development Incentive Program committee throughout the committee's existence. Mr. Holtaway also served as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Friends of the Jacobus Vandeveer House in Bedminster Township, the Bedminster Township Municipal Building Committee, the Bedminster Township Open Space Committee, and the Bedminster Township Open Space Assessment Committee.

Mr. Holtaway began his public service in 1975 as a member and later vice chairman of the Planning Board for the Borough of North Plainfield. He also served as a member of the North Plainfield Zoning Board of Adjustment from 1977 to 1992, including 11 years as its Chairman, and volunteered to serve as North Plainfield Zoning Officer from 1993 to 1995.

Mr. Holtaway is also the president and founder of Frank R. Holtaway & Son, Inc., an electrical engineering firm based in Bedminster. He graduated from Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology) with a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering and also received a master’s degree in business administration from Seton Hall University. He is a licensed professional engineer and a licensed electrical contractor (retired).